Bed and Sofa / Chess Fever

Surprisingly frank silent seriocomedy from the Soviet Union, “Bed and Sofa” follows a construction worker and his wife who must share their apartment with an unemployed friend. Complications arise when the wife becomes pregnant, but isn't sure which man is the father. Nikolai Batalov, Lyudmila Semyonova star.

Next, Vsevolod Pudovkin’s satirical two-reeler "Chess Fever" looks at how a chess tournament takes over a small town.

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Surprisingly frank silent seriocomedy from the Soviet Union, “Bed and Sofa” follows a construction worker and his wife who must share their apartment with an unemployed friend. Complications arise when the wife becomes pregnant, but isn't sure which man is the father. Nikolai Batalov, Lyudmila Semyonova star.

Next, Vsevolod Pudovkin’s satirical two-reeler "Chess Fever" looks at how a chess tournament takes over a small town.